Recent content by hominid7

2001 Mazda 626 (ES, 2.5 V6, ATX). Bought new and driven 15 years and 175,000 trouble free miles. I experimented with different brands of oil but the majority of it's life it had either Motorcraft, Pennzoil YB, QSGB, or Castrol HM GTX with either an OEM, WIX or Fram filter. Very dependable car...

2017 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0 Out: Hyundai Dealer Quaker State Bulk Syn-Blend 5w20 w/OEM Filter In: Hyundai Dealer Quaker State Bulk Syn-Blend 5w20 w/OEM Filter 46,000 Miles on vehicle 5,500 Miles this OCI

2017 Hyundai Elantra 2.0. 41,000 on car. 5,500 Miles on oil. In: QS Syn Blend Dealer Bulk 5w20 and OEM Oil Filter Out: QS Syn Blend Dealer Bulk 5w30 and OEM Oil Filter Seems the dealer switched to 5w20. This past OCI the car used about 1/2 a quart which I found unusual.

2017 Hyundai Elantra Miles on car: 30,643 This OCI: 4,000 miles Out: Dealer Bulk Syn-Blend 5w30 + OEM Filter In: Dealer Bulk Syn-Blend 5w30 + OEM Filter

2017 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0 Miles on car: 26,711 Miles on oil: 5,500 Out: Quaker State 5w30 and OEM filter In: Quaker State 5w30 and OEM filter

2017 Hyundai Elantra SE 2.0 Miles on Car: 21,211 Miles on Oil: 6.077 Out: Quaker State 5w30 Syn-Blend and Hyundai OEM filter In: Same Trivial fact: In 34 years of driving, this was my longest oil change interval (in miles).

I'm curious how much of a mileage difference tires would make if she regularly used a different size tire than was OEM? Obviously only a small variation would be allowed since the tires would have to fit into the wheel well, but even a 5% increase would be significant given the number of miles...

Originally Posted by racer2086 Hello forum. I figured this would be the place to ask. I have a '98 740il with 235k miles on it, driven in FL, sees a good mix of highway and around town. I drive it pretty easy, but get on it at times. The V8s in these older BMWs run hot -- 100-110*C. Does city...

Originally Posted by littleant Car & Driver 10 best oils. Look at some of the weights. Manufacturers factory fill. https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/6-best-synthetic-oils-protecting-142000186.html I think you meant 6 best. Of those, the "best" for my Hyundai would be the Motorcraft 5w30 blend.

Originally Posted by maxdustington That's what you get for abandoning VW! hahaha..... My old '89 VW Jetta was a really good and reliable car. I learned a lot about cars by working on it during the 11 years and 225,000 miles i had it. Lots of good memories.

Thank you for all your replies. I agree with the majority and will likely continue to take it back for at least the time being so as to put the responsibility on them for anything that happens. I guess using a torque wrench is not as common as i would have thought.

So this is less of a question and more of a rant, but i would appreciate any input as to what the average BITOG'er would do... I bought a new 2017 Hyundai Elantra in late 2016. So far i've been very happy with the car, but less than happy with the dealership. The only service i've had done so...

2017 Hyundai Elantra SE (2.0 ATX) Miles on car: 15,000 Miles on oil: 5,000 Out: Dealer Bulk 5w30 & OEM filter In: Dealer Bulk 5w30 & OEM filter I believe the dealer uses QS Syn Blend

I won't get the award for lowest temp, but I used 20w50 year-round in my old 1989 VW Jetta 1.8 (Gas). It cranked many times in the lower double digits (14*F was the lowest). It cranked slow, but it started! I used Valvoline AllClimate (white bottle) 20w50. It never used any oil and ran fine when...

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